Episode 531: David Grann

Published: April 19, 2023, 3:59 p.m.

b"David Grann is a staff writer for\\xa0The New Yorker. His new book is\\xa0The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.\\n\\u201cI became very haunted by the stories that [nations] don't tell. Nations and empires preserve their powers not only by the stories they tell, but also by the stories they leave out. \\u2026 Early in my career, if I came across the silences in a story, I might not have highlighted them, because I thought,\\xa0Well, there's nothing to tell there.\\xa0And now I try to let the silences speak.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@DavidGrann\\n\\ndavidgrann.com\\n\\nGrann on Longform\\n\\nGrann on Longform Podcast #3\\n\\nGrann on Longform Podcast #241\\n\\nGrann on Longform Podcast #329\\n\\nGrann's\\xa0New Yorker\\xa0archive\\n\\n01:00\\xa0The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder\\xa0(Doubleday \\u2022 2023)\\n\\n02:00\\xa0Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\\xa0(Doubleday \\u2022 2017)\\n\\n28:00\\xa0The White Darkness\\xa0(Doubleday \\u2022 2018)\\n\\n61:00\\xa0Killers of the Flower Moon\\xa0(Martin Scorsese \\u2022 Appian Way, Apple Studios \\u2022 2023)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"